All the headlines from our USA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 16 2015 // The U.S. aviation regulator proposed rules on Sunday for commercial drone flights that would lift some restrictions but would still bar activities such as the delivery of packages and inspection of pipelines that have been...
Feb 13 2015 // Since the first winter storm hit Boston at the end of January, the city has removed over 10,000 truckloads of snow after a record six feet of snowfall in the last 30 days — breaking the previous record of 58.5...
Feb 13 2015 // Envoys from some 190 nations are taking more seriously the idea of setting a goal for phasing out the pollution from fossil fuels, lending support to the movement against investments in oil and coal companies.After a week...
Feb 13 2015 // Carmakers recalled about 64 million vehicles in the U.S. last year, more than double the previous record set in 2004, according to official government data.The tally released Thursday by the National Highway Traffic Safety...
Feb 13 2015 // A.M. Best has weighed into the ongoing debate over whether or not the ability of “foreign” reinsurers to avoid significant amounts of U.S. taxes by transferring reinsurance premiums paid to foreign affiliates...
Feb 12 2015 // Lawsuits filed around the U.S. seeking damages for allegedly defective auto air bags made by Japan’s Takata Corp. have been consolidated before a Miami federal judge.A federal panel on multidistrict litigation...
Feb 12 2015 // The Obama administration won a reversal of a court ruling that would have shielded a Christian college in Pennsylvania from a provision of the Affordable Care Act requiring religious nonprofits to indirectly facilitate...
Feb 10 2015 // The U.S. government is creating a new agency to monitor cybersecurity threats, pooling and analyzing information on a spectrum of risks, a senior Obama administration official said on Tuesday.The Cyber Threat Intelligence...
Feb 9 2015 // In mid-November 2014, Texas’ largest association of independent retail insurance agents took the unprecedented step of acquiring a managing general agency as a way of providing its members greater access to...
Feb 9 2015 // The former CEO of a now-defunct trucking company that left its employees stranded all over the country when it suddenly shut down in December 2009 has pleaded guilty in federal court in Oklahoma to charges of tax evasion...
Feb 9 2015 // Competition among property/casualty insurance carriers and the flow of capital into the industry are continuing to drive down rates in most U.S. commercial lines and conditions are particularly favorable for clients with...
Feb 9 2015 // Trinity Industries Inc.’s guardrail system, which has come under scrutiny for locking when hit and piercing cars instead of helping them slow, passed the first four of eight government-mandated crash tests, a federal...
Feb 9 2015 // A barrage of damaging cyber attacks is shaking up the security industry, with some businesses and organizations no longer assuming they can keep hackers at bay, and instead turning to waging a guerrilla war from within...
Feb 9 2015 // The Business Auto Coverage Form (BACF) is the most commonly used form for business auto liability insurance.Autos in the form are defined to include cars, trucks, trailers, vans or other vehicles designed for use on public...
Feb 9 2015 // The potential impact of climate change on the insurance industry was important enough for consulting giant Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd. to include the topic as a significant part of its recent 2015 Property and Casualty...
Feb 9 2015 // Combined, average homeowners and auto insurance premiums in Ohio are nearly $500 less than national averages, according to the state’s insurance department.Personal lines premiums in the state are among the lowest in...
Feb 9 2015 // The Crichton Group, an independent insurance agency in middle Tennessee, has appointed a new partner and a new director of risk management. In addition, it has also added an account executive and an account manager to its...
Feb 6 2015 // When it comes to El Nino, 2014-15 may be the years that launched a thousand academic papers.Since last March, forecasters have said an El Nino was on the way. The only trouble is, it hasn’t arrived. Call it the...
Feb 6 2015 // Fatalities at train crossings are starting to creep back up after years of decline, possibly due to an improving economy that has increased traffic on both roads and rails.The number of people killed where rail lines and...
Feb 6 2015 // Several U.S. states are investigating a massive cyber attack on No. 2 U.S. health insurer Anthem Inc that a person familiar with the matter said is being examined for possible ties to China.Anthem disclosed the attack late...